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Uncataloged Premier O Scale Gondola Car with Cover AnnouncedDecember 27, 2021 - M.T.H. Electric Trains has announced two exclusive, uncataloged Premier O Scale Gondola Cars with Covers for Patrick's Trains in Wheeling, West Virginia. The paint schemes are available in two car numbers, each of which is limited in production and is available only on a first-come, first-served basis. Anticipated delivery is April 2022 .
Item No. 20-95528 Santa Fe Gondola Car w/Cover Item No. 20-95529 Santa Fe Gondola Car w/Cover
Item No. 20-95530 Wheeling & Lake Erie Gondola Car w/Cover Item No. 20-95531 Wheeling & Lake Erie Gondola Car w/Cover On its customer Web site, the Union Pacific Railroad characterizes a gondola as an "extremely sturdy open design" for carrying "rugged unfinished commodities"; its "large flat interior design with side walls" is described as "more flexible than a flat car." These qualities make the modern gondola particularly popular with the steel industry, for transportation of loose materials like scrap metal, waste, coke, and slag as well as finished products like iron or steel plate, pipe, structural steel, and rails for railroad track. Our car replicates a 52’ mill gondola, so-called for its popularity with steel mills, and carries a removable load of scrap metal that might be recycled and used to stamp parts for autos, appliances, and a variety of other products. Other commodities commonly shipped in gondolas include mineral ores, granite slabs, gravel, logs, lumber, railroad ties, and even prefabricated railroad track, also known as "panel track." The name for these cars actually predates railroads. In the early 1800s, utilitarian flat-bottomed boats with low sides, used to transport coal down the Potomac River to the Washington D.C. area, were called gondolas as a spoof on the much fancier Venetian gondolas. Similarly shaped coal-carrying cars on early railroads earned the same moniker. As more specialized cars were invented for coal service, the gondola evolved into the general-purpose car it is today. Order directly from: Patrick's Trains | More One-of-a-Kind Catalog Artwork To Be Auctioned
M.T.H. Electric Trains has provided Cabin Fever Auctions - the auction company managing M.T.H.'s archive auctions - with several more select pieces of artwork commissioned for covers of past O Gauge catalogs as part of this week's Cabin Fever auction. Each of the paintings were painted by a local Maryland artist and used as the cover image on M.T.H. O Gauge catalogs between 1995 and 1998. Learn more about this week's auction by going HERE.
M.T.H. Electric Trains will be releasing the RailKing O Gauge 4-Bay Cylindrical Hopper Car in four select liveries beginning early next year. Each of these unique schemes will be available in limited production quantities and will begin shipping to M.T.H. Authorized Retailers in March 2022. Check out each of these offerings HERE. These items are available to order from your local M.T.H. Authorized Retailer.
M.T.H. Electric Trains will be releasing the Premier O Scale Gondola with Cover in four select liveries beginning early next year. Each of these unique schemes will be available in limited production quantities and will begin shipping to M.T.H. Authorized Retailers in May 2022. Check out each of these offerings HERE. These items are available to order from your local M.T.H. Authorized Retailer. | ||||||
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